# Monabraher, Co. Limerick: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Killeely, barony of North Liberties, Co. Limerick; in Irish Móin na mBráthar. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 530,446 m² (53.04 ha, 131.08 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 66 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 748 m² - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): M3 District Centre, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 9 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Killeely, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/killeely.md - Barony: North Liberties - Electoral division: Ballynanty, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 3,030 people lived in 1,110 households in the Ballynanty electoral division. 43% of households owned their home. 7% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Limerick, https://everytownland.com/limerick.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/30584 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 122002 - Centre: latitude 52.682275, longitude -8.635203 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 66 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Monabraher, from 6 m² to 68,547 m² (6.85 ha, 16.94 acres); 35 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1653761: 68,547 m² (6.85 ha, 16.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1653761.md - Parcel 1674319: 53,865 m² (5.39 ha, 13.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1674319.md - Parcel 1619240: 36,627 m² (3.66 ha, 9.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1619240.md - Parcel 1615962: 35,013 m² (3.5 ha, 8.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1615962.md - Parcel 1601310: 32,895 m² (3.29 ha, 8.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1601310.md - Parcel 1601987: 24,686 m² (2.47 ha, 6.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1601987.md - Parcel 1642574: 21,703 m² (2.17 ha, 5.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1642574.md - Parcel 1673663: 21,071 m² (2.11 ha, 5.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1673663.md - Parcel 1602516: 14,180 m² (1.42 ha, 3.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1602516.md - Parcel 1601150: 13,706 m² (1.37 ha, 3.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1601150.md - Parcel 1641059: 12,735 m² (1.27 ha, 3.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1641059.md - Parcel 2728678: 9,016 m² (0.9 ha, 2.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2728678.md - Parcel 1669916: 8,283 m² (0.83 ha, 2.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1669916.md - Parcel 1622025: 5,087 m² (0.51 ha, 1.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1622025.md - Parcel 1673115: 3,859 m² (0.39 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1673115.md - Parcel 1604334: 3,593 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1604334.md - Parcel 1601304: 3,155 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1601304.md - Parcel 1591087: 2,710 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1591087.md - Parcel 1665982: 2,663 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1665982.md - Parcel 1666454: 2,536 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1666454.md - Parcel 1588871: 2,518 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1588871.md - Parcel 1649992: 2,195 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1649992.md - Parcel 1601204: 1,952 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1601204.md - Parcel 1649918: 1,857 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1649918.md - Parcel 1616759: 1,841 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1616759.md - Parcel 2729606: 1,670 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2729606.md - Parcel 1642992: 1,516 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1642992.md - Parcel 1670776: 1,492 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1670776.md - Parcel 1661867: 1,483 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1661867.md - Parcel 1650181: 1,351 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1650181.md - Parcel 1630606: 1,279 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1630606.md - Parcel 1607488: 970 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1607488.md - Parcel 1594794: 765 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1594794.md - Parcel 2728661: 731 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2728661.md - Parcel 1630532: 710 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1630532.md - Parcel 1595301: 640 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1595301.md - Parcel 1617012: 504 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1617012.md - Parcel 1616894: 477 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1616894.md - Parcel 2728641: 468 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2728641.md - Parcel 2728658: 426 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2728658.md - Parcel 2728590: 413 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2728590.md - Parcel 2729600: 413 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2729600.md - Parcel 1650193: 338 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1650193.md - Parcel 1603283: 335 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1603283.md - Parcel 1649974: 279 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1649974.md - Parcel 1649893: 246 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1649893.md - Parcel 2729644: 232 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2729644.md - Parcel 1649967: 229 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1649967.md - Parcel 2728592: 217 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2728592.md - Parcel 1673153: 211 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1673153.md - Parcel 1649512: 145 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1649512.md - Parcel 1672413: 128 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1672413.md - Parcel 1649671: 119 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1649671.md - Parcel 4449936: 113 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4449936.md - Parcel 1617369: 90 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1617369.md - Parcel 1673108: 77 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1673108.md - Parcel 1669314: 69 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1669314.md - Parcel 1649900: 67 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1649900.md - Parcel 1649997: 55 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1649997.md - Parcel 5567007: 54 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5567007.md - Parcel 4584195: 33 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4584195.md - Parcel 1616836: 16 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1616836.md - Parcel 2729633: 7 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2729633.md - Parcel 2729629: 6 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2729629.md - Parcel 2729627: 6 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2729627.md - Parcel 2729636: 6 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2729636.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - M3 District Centre (District, neighbourhood centre): Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick; 22 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.limerick.ie/sites/default/files/media/documents/2023-05/Limerick-Development-Plan-Volume-1-Written-Statement-including-Variation-No-1.pdf#page=387 - C2.1 Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment): Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick; 18 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.limerick.ie/sites/default/files/media/documents/2023-05/Limerick-Development-Plan-Volume-1-Written-Statement-including-Variation-No-1.pdf#page=387 - N3.3 Utilities (Mixed/general gas and electricity uses): Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick; 15 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.limerick.ie/sites/default/files/media/documents/2023-05/Limerick-Development-Plan-Volume-1-Written-Statement-including-Variation-No-1.pdf#page=387 - G5 Open Space and Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other): Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick; 13 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.limerick.ie/sites/default/files/media/documents/2023-05/Limerick-Development-Plan-Volume-1-Written-Statement-including-Variation-No-1.pdf#page=387 - R2 Existing Residential (Existing residential): Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick; 10 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.limerick.ie/sites/default/files/media/documents/2023-05/Limerick-Development-Plan-Volume-1-Written-Statement-including-Variation-No-1.pdf#page=387 - M3 Local Centre (District, neighbourhood centre): Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick; 3 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.limerick.ie/sites/default/files/media/documents/2023-05/Limerick-Development-Plan-Volume-1-Written-Statement-including-Variation-No-1.pdf#page=387 - G3 Semi Natural Open Space (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape): Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick; 2 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.limerick.ie/sites/default/files/media/documents/2023-05/Limerick-Development-Plan-Volume-1-Written-Statement-including-Variation-No-1.pdf#page=387 - R3 Traveller Specific Accommodation (Residential, mixed residential and other uses): Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick; 0 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.limerick.ie/sites/default/files/media/documents/2023-05/Limerick-Development-Plan-Volume-1-Written-Statement-including-Variation-No-1.pdf#page=387 - S5 Education and Community Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses): Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick; 0 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.limerick.ie/sites/default/files/media/documents/2023-05/Limerick-Development-Plan-Volume-1-Written-Statement-including-Variation-No-1.pdf#page=387 ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 9 applications, newest first. - 18 Jul 2025, Limerick County Council 2560704: Conditional. Permission. The development, Limerick Navigation and Park Canal 5-year Maintenance Works along the Abbey River and Shannon River Navigation from Quay Lock to Ardnacrusha Tail Race junction and the Park Canal, in the townlands of Rebouge, Rebouge Island, Park, Monamuck, Irishtown, St. Francis Abbey, English Town, King’s Island, Corbally, Monabraher, Co. Limerick., will consist of essential maintenance works along the Shannon Navigation and Park Canal, as outlined in the Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) submitted with the planning application and in accordance with Waterways Ireland’s statutory remit comprising of the following: • Removal from the navigation, along the Abbey River and River Shannon to the Ardnacrusha Tail Race, overhanging branches and infringing trees (including dead trees) that have fallen over more than 60 degrees out into the navigation channel causing a hazard to passing vessels. • Maintenance of overgrown vegetation impacting and overgrowing the water portion of the Park Canal, aquatic weed management as required, and removal of debris and litter. • Maintenance of the south back drain associated with the Park Canal. • Removal of vegetation impacting Park Canal structures and undertaking necessary physical minor repairs to Quay/Limerick Lock Chamber and associated Footbridge, Troy’s/Park Lock Chamber and Park Bridge and associated canal or lock wing and quay walls. The proposed works will involve maintenance to, but not altering the materials or the character of Protected Structures No. 6063 Canal Footbridge at Lock Quay and No. 6064 Canal Quay and Lock Walls at Lock Quay. The vegetation works will involve working within close proximity to or within the curtilage of, but not undertaking any works to, RPS No. 3478 Stone and Brick buildings at Quay Lock, RPS No. 3319 Lock Quay Carriage Arch, RPS No. 6058 O’Dwyers Bridge and RPS No. 3314 Athlunkard Boat Club An Ecological Impact Assessment (EcIA) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) accompany the planning application. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560704/0 - 25 Mar 2025, Limerick County Council 2589: Conditional. Permission. the provision of an ancillary off-licence sales area in the existing Tesco retail unit. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2589/0 - 10 Mar 2023, Limerick County Council 238003: Conditional. Permission. the Temporary access/haul road on lands adjacent to the Coonagh to Knockalisheen Distributor Road Scheme. The proposed works include the construction of a temporary access/haul road extending from the R464 Kileely Road to the rear of the Knockalisheen Bays Estate to link with the existing Estate Roads. The location of the works is in the townlands of Ballynanty More and Monabraher adjacent to the R464 Kileely Road, Limerick. Limerick City & County Council has carried out an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Screening Report in accordance with the requirements of Article 120(1B)(b)(i) and has determined that there is no real likelihood of significant effects on the environment. Accordingly, it has been determined that an ElA is not required in respect of this proposed development. Nonetheless, a person may, within 4 weeks beginning on the date of the publication of this notice apply to An Bord Pleanála for a screening determination. Such a submission should be addressed to the Secretary, An Bord Pleanála, 64, Marlborough Street, Dublin 1. Limerick City & County Council has carried out an Appropriate Assessment (A) Screening Report and has determined that a full Appropriate Assessment is not required in respect of this proposed development. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/238003/0 - 27 Oct 2022, Limerick County Council 221159: Conditional. Permission. (i) demolition of part of the existing single-storey building, including north, south and west elevations with the retention of the east/front elevation, removal of the entire existing roof and of a single-storey ancillary structure to the rear. (ii) Construction of a new single-storey flat-roofed extension to the rear and side, which together with the retained part of the existing building is to provide a new larger single retail unit. (iii) Provision of new advertising signage to the eastern, western & northern elevations. (iv) Alterations to the existing retained section of the front elevation to facilitate the new building layout including new door & window openings and raising the parapet height. (v) Provision of 45 no. car parking spaces to the side and rear of the building, new hard and soft landscaping and associated siteworks & services to facilitate the development. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/221159/0 - 20 May 2022, Limerick County Council 22567: Conditional. Permission. the construction of 6 no. commercial enterprise units, access road, car parking, signage and all associated infrastructure and site development works. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the planning authority with the application. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/22567/0 - 6 Nov 2019, Limerick County Council 191096: N/a. Permission. (I) demolition of part of the existing single-storey building, including part of the southern end of the front elevation, of the entire existing roof and of a single-storey ancillary structure to the rear; (ii) construction of a new single-storey flat-roofed extension to the rear, which together with the retained part of the existing building is to provide a new larger single retail unit; (iii) provision of new advertising signage to the eastern, southern & western elevations; (iv) other alterations to the existing retained section of the front elevation to facilitate the new building layout including new door & window opes and raising the parapet height; (v) new hard & soft landscaping treatments to the existing front forecourt, and to the side & rear of the site to provide 42 No. car-parking spaces to the side & rear ; (vi) all other associated siteworks & services to facilitate the development. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/191096/0 - 5 Jun 2019, Limerick County Council 198003: Conditional. Permission, 27 homes. the demolition of 10 one storey single dwellings, construction of 27 residential units consisting of 2 x 2 bed apartments, 4 x 2 bed duplexes and 3 x 3 bed houses in a three-storey arrangement, and 5 x 2 bed apartments, 3 x 4 bed houses and 10 x 3 bed houses and in two-storey arrangements, vehicular and pedestrian access, roads, footpaths and 40 x car parking spaces, open space and soft landscaping to public and private amenity spaces, homezone and landscaped areas, boundary works including reconstruction and new boundaries, alteration & construction of new infrastructure and all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/198003/0 - 5 May 2017, Limerick County Council 17403: Conditional. Permission. consists of an amendment to the previously approved planning application reference 17/2 comprising the omission of the proposed subdivision of ground floor retail units B&C to form a single retail unit and associated elevational changes/site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/17403/0 - 4 Jan 2017, Limerick County Council 172: Conditional. Retention. the retention of the subdivision of the ground floor of the existing retail unit to create a new off-licence unit, the retention of external signage to this unit, the retention of, and change of use of, the existing unauthorised and unused first floor office area to gymnasium/fitness studio and planning permission for the subdivision of the remaining ground floor retail unit into two separate units, elevational changes associated with same subdivision and signage. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/172/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC, site code 002165, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002165 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Knockalisheen Marsh, site code 002001 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Monabraher. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Monabraher. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Monabraher, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground and water. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_949, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_949.zip (ZIP). - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/limerick/monabraher.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/monabraher.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/monabraher.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Monabraher with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick: https://everytownland.com/limerick.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballygrennan: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballygrennan-120255.md - Ballynanty Beg: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballynanty-beg.md - Ballynanty More: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballynanty-more.md - Glebe: https://everytownland.com/limerick/glebe-122008.md - Knockalisheen (Co. Clare): https://everytownland.com/clare/knockalisheen-31577.md - Prior's Land: https://everytownland.com/limerick/priors-land.md - Quinspool South (Co. Clare): https://everytownland.com/clare/quinspool-south.md A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/limerick/monabraher - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/limerick/monabraher